Re: GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER

["Joan Stovall" <joans@PCEZ.COM>]

I have been doing some analysis on the costs of wind power.  My analysis

shows that both technologies are more expensive than what their proponents

have claimed.



I am willing to share my analysis, if any one desires the information.



Have a good day.



Joan



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From: "Susan Gawarecki" <loc@ICX.NET>

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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:16 AM

Subject: GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER





> GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER

>

> BERLIN, Germany, June 11, 2001 (ENS) - The German government has

> unveiled plans for massive development of offshore wind power to help

> the country reconcile its climate protection goals with its nuclear

> phaseout policy.

>

> A deal between the German government and German utilities to shut down

> the country's 19 nuclear power plants has been in the works for years.

> It was finally sealed today as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and

> executives of four power companies signed an agreement in Berlin.

>

> Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin, a Green member of the German Social

> Democrat/Green coalition government has been pushing for the nuclear

> phaseout since he took office in October 1998.

>

> Trittin told journalists in Berlin that the wind power plan could see

> between 75 and 80 terrawatt hours of electricity annually from

> offshore wind parks by 2030. This is equivalent to nearly 60 percent

> of the nuclear electricity produced last year in Germany.

>

> ...

>

> The spokesman said that the spectacular growth in offshore wind energy

> envisaged under the government's plan would be achieved entirely through

> private capital investment. The country's renewable energy support law

> guarantees the price for wind energy at euros 0.09 (DM 0.178) per

> kilowatt hour. This brings the industry to "near economic" status, the

> ministry says.

>

> Trittin said that two areas of the North Sea have been identified as

> appropriate for the construction of wind turbines which could total

> 4,000 by 2030. He said that the areas avoid all marine and bird

> conservation areas.

>

> Offshore wind power is contentious among Germany environmentalists

> who are deeply divided about its environmental impact. The ministry

> does not expect its plan to get an easy ride so it has invited

> ecologists to a two-day congress this week to debate the

> "integration of climate protection, nature protection, marine

> protection and energy policy fit for the future."

>

> Environmentalists are also displeased about the nuclear power plant

> phaseout schedule, which they view as too slow.

>

> Pro-nuclear industrialists and politicians do not want Germany to back

> away from nuclear power, and some have expressed the intention to

> reverse this move under future governments. They warn it could slow

> efforts to limit global warming in line with the international pact

> signed in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, by forcing Germany to burn more

> fossil fuels which emit greenhouse gases.

>

> ...

>

> For full text and graphics visit:

> http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2001/2001L-06-11-03.html

>

> --

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> Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

> Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

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